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Beyond 'the State' and Failed Schemes

Tania Murray Li · American Anthropologist 107(3), 383–394 · 2005

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Tania Murray Li
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DOI 10.1525/aa.2005.107.3.383
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2026-09-01

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DisputedTania Murray Li criticised Scott's framework for picturing an all-seeing state 'up there', neglecting non-state actors that govern, the broader rationality of improvement, and the contradictory effects of schemes that fail.